MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for August 4th 2008
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Monday, August 4th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Argentina, Venezuela seek arrest in suitcase scandal
Venezuelan authorities are seeking the detention of a dual Venezuelan-US citizen caught last year in Argentina with a suitcase stuffed with hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash.
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Monday, August 4th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Falklands added to Argentina stand off with Vatican
The coming visit this week to Argentina of a top official from the Holy See has triggered speculation in the Buenos Aires press that a Vatican request for the creation of a new diocese in Tierra del Fuego “could include the Falkland Islands”.
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Monday, August 4th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Minerva II opens Montevideo 2008/09 cruise season
The first vessel to call in Montevideo port, Uruguay, this coming 2008/09 cruise season is Minerva II which will be arriving November 21st, according to an official report from local authorities.
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Monday, August 4th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Recall referendum opinion polls ratify Bolivian president
Bolivian president Evo Morales is comfortably favored for ratification in the recall referendum of next August 10 with 59% support, according to the latest public opinion poll published Sunday in the capital La Paz main daily La Razón.
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Monday, August 4th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Lula optimistic about a Doha round global trade agreement
Brazilian president Lula da Silva said he believes the Doha round global trade talks have not failed and anticipated that Brazil will insist that negotiations should continue until a satisfactory agreement for all is reached.
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Monday, August 4th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Brazil authorizes expansion of nuclear power program
The Brazilian government has authorized the resumption of plans to expand the country's nuclear power program, basically a third power plant. Work on the Angra 3 reactor, near Rio de Janeiro, has been stalled for 22 years by a lack of money and political issues.
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Monday, August 4th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Growing resistance in Chile to salmon industry impacts
Fed up with what they claim to be environmentally destructive practices by Chile's 2.2 billion US dollars farmed salmon industry, a group of local fishermen in far southern Chile's Region XI is set to launch an international boycott of Chilean farmed salmon.
